Illinois Administrative Code
Title 35 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Part 308 - DISPOSAL OF WASTES FROM WATERCRAFT
Section 308.102 - Marine Toilets

Universal Citation: 35 IL Admin Code ยง 308.102

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 38, September 20, 2024

a) A person owning or operating a watercraft with a marine toilet must not use, or permit the use of, the toilet on the waters of this State, unless the toilet is equipped with facilities that will treat, hold, incinerate, or otherwise handle the waste in a manner capable of preventing water pollution as described in subsection (c).

b) A person must not dispose of any sewage or wastewater accumulated in a holding tank or any other container on a watercraft, in such a manner that the sewage or wastewater reaches or may reach the waters of the State, except by pumpout to an operating sewage works approved by the Agency or operated under a permit issued by the Agency.

c) Acceptable pollution control devices are:

1) Holding tanks that retain wastes from marine toilets for proper disposal under subsection (b).

2) Incinerating devices that will reduce to ash all sewage and toilet wastes produced on the watercraft. The ash from these devices must not be disposed of in the waters of Illinois.

3) Any other device determined by the Agency to provide an effluent that meets the effluent criteria of this Chapter.

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